Blogging
Nick Carr pokes some pointed holes in the “bloggers will replace journalists” idea [http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/10/easy_as_pie.php]. Of course, that’s not to say that bloggers won’t replace some journalists. Are you sure your copy is good enough for people to choose
celebrities
The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother [http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/] is proving fascinating. I’m not watching it, mind, as we lack the aerial to watch any TV right now. But I am watching the newspaper coverage of the show with fascination. In the first week it’s
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I wasn’t the only one to get attention, it seems: bethlet.net: Blog [http://web.archive.org/web/20061207001847/http://bethlet.net/catacombs/000758.html] : > Second, everyone pick up a copy of the USA Today tomorrow. I was interviewed by Mark Memmott today about the bombings and how
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I headed up towards Russell Square, site of the bus explosion, at lunch. It turns out that the journalistic herd instinct was at work, as I found these photographers trying to find a vantage point to get shots of the destruction.
books
There’s a great post over on Storytellers Unplugged about the distinction between an author and a writer. This post is called I Do It For The Money [http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/2005/07/i-do-it-for-money.html]: > Author: Person whose name is on a book cover. Writer: Someone actively putting
BBC
I use the question mark in the above headline advisedly. You see, the world and her husband are busy getting excited about the fact that Greg Dyke has said that the BBC intends to put its massive archive online [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/
law
…is the sound of racial abuse and fist on flesh [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2651617.stm]…? Far from proven yet, but probably not a good thing for the careers of the made-on-TV band [http://www.girls-aloud.co.uk]. At least, I hope it isn’t. If